シャドーイング練習: CAE 2 O TEST 2 PART 1 - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

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Well, I suppose it had to happen sometime.
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I mean, however good-natured you are, there's only so much bad behaviour you can take.
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Yeah.
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I mean, we've known him all these years, and we've put up with all sorts of terrible scenes with him, and times when he's been awful to both of us.
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I'm just amazed neither of us has had the guts to say anything to him before.
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I'm not sure it was a lack of courage on my part.
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I think it was more a misplaced sense of loyalty.
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I mean, we go back a long way.
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I know, but it's hard to come up with many good memories.
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Anyway, I guess it's over now and that's the last we'll see of him.
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Yeah, his reaction was typical.
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The minute we confronted him about this latest dreadful piece of behaviour, he just totally lost it.
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He's obviously never had any idea of the effect he has on people, even people who were supposed to be his friends.
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Well, it was inevitable that it would come to this.
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We've said our piece and frankly I'm glad to see the back of him.
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So that's that.
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Yeah, let's forget all about it now.
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Now you will hear the recording again.
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Well, I suppose it had to happen sometime.
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I mean, however good-natured you are, there's only so much bad behaviour you can take.
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Yeah.
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I mean, we've known him all these years and we've put up with all sorts of terrible scenes with him, and times when he's been awful to both of us.
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I'm just amazed neither of us has had the guts to say anything to him before.
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I'm not sure it was a lack of courage on my part.
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I think it was more a misplaced sense of loyalty.
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I mean, we go back a long way.
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I know, but it's hard to come up with many good memories.
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Anyway, I guess it's over now and that's the last we'll see of him.
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Yeah, his reaction was typical.
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The minute we confronted him about this latest dreadful piece of behaviour, he just totally lost it.
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He's obviously never had any idea of the effect he has on people, even people who were supposed to be his friends.
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Well, it was inevitable that it would come to this.
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We've said our piece and frankly I'm glad to see the back of him.
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So that's that.
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Yeah, let's forget all about it now.
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OK, we've had a letter here from Paul who says that his friends are into all the latest trendy hobbies and fashions, whereas he really likes trains.
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He's a train spotter.
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He likes looking at trains and reading about them and collecting the numbers of ones he's seen, his friends make fun of him for it.
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He's worried that they'll stop being his friends if he carries on with his hobby.
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What would you tell him, Esther?
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Well, we usually end up choosing friends because we have something in common with them.
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Perhaps he needs to look at why he wants to be friendly with these people
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when they make fun of what he's interested in.
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I'm sure there are plenty of potential friends out there who share his interest.
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With them, he could enjoy that interest rather than having it used against him.
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Now you will hear the recording again.
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OK, we've had a letter here from Paul who says that his friends are into all the latest trendy hobbies and fashions, whereas he really likes trains.
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He's a train spotter.
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He likes looking at trains and reading about them and collecting the numbers of ones he's seen, and his friends make fun of him for it.
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He's worried that they'll stop being his friends if he carries on with his hobby.
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What would you tell him, Esther?
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Well, we usually end up choosing friends because we have something in common with them.
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Perhaps he needs to look at why he wants to be friendly with these people
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when they make fun of what he's interested in i'm sure
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there are plenty of potential friends out there who share his interest with them he could enjoy
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that interest rather than having it used against him
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well of course no single theory has yet been able to explain how jokes work
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even the great comedians have been stuck for a proper analysis of course many jokes are written backwards with the punchline,
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the funny line at the end that gets the laugh, sorted out first.
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However, a line or a phrase doesn't necessarily need a narrative set up to make us laugh.
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Witness comedy shows in which characters get laughs simply from saying catchphrases.
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This is also how an in-joke works among a group of friends.
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Life itself provides the setup and a word
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or two sometimes just a knowing look between two people who
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are in on the joke provides the punchline another thing about jokes is
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that a professional comedian's routine may be based on personal experience
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but real experience doesn't tend to come conveniently complete with a
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punchline that's why most comics are outrageous liars it's also why
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some comics may even begin to provoke hilarious episodes by deliberately forgetting their wedding anniversaries or leaving their children in the supermarket.
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Now you will hear the recording again.
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Well, of course, no single theory has yet been able to explain how jokes work.
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Even the great comedians have been stuck for a proper analysis.
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Of course, many jokes are written backwards with the punchline, the funny line at the end that gets the laugh, sorted out first.
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However, a line or a phrase doesn't necessarily need a narrative set up to make us laugh.
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Witness comedy shows in which characters get laughs simply from saying catchphrases.
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This is also how an in-joke works among a group of friends.
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Life itself provides the set up, and a word or two, sometimes just a knowing look between two people who are in on the joke, provides the punchline.
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Another thing about jokes is that a professional comedian's routine may be based on personal experience.
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But real experience doesn't tend to come conveniently complete with a punchline.
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That's why most comics are outrageous liars.
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It's also why some comics may even begin to provoke hilarious episodes by deliberately forgetting their wedding anniversaries
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or leaving their children in the supermarket.
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It is the end of part one.

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このレッスンでは、日常的な会話や相談の場面で使われる英語表現を練習し、英語スピーキング練習のスキルを向上させます。ビデオの中の対話は、友人間の意見交換や悩みの相談といったリアルなシチュエーションで構成されており、自然な発音やイントネーション、スピードに慣れることができます。特に、shadowing(シャドーイング)の練習に最適な内容で、YouTubeで英語学習をしている方には必見の素材です。

重要な語彙とフレーズ

ビデオから実用的な表現をピックアップしました。これらを覚えて会話力アップにつなげましょう。

  • put up with:我慢する。「彼の悪い態度を何年もput up withしてきた」のように使います。
  • lose it:冷静を失う。「彼は非難されるとすぐにlose itしてしまう」などの文脈で。
  • make fun of:からかう。「友達に自分の趣味をmake fun ofされる」という使い方です。
  • come up with:思いつく、考え出す。「いい思い出をcome up withするのが難しい」など。
  • be into:熱中している。「友達は最新の流行りの趣味にbe intoです」と表現します。

シャドーイングのコツ

shadowing siteやshadow speechの練習には、ビデオのスピードとトーンに合わせることが重要です。このビデオの会話は日常的なスピードで、自然なイントネーションが特徴です。以下のポイントを押さえて練習しましょう。

  • 最初はゆっくり再生速度を落として、shadowingを始めます。発音やリズムを正確にコピーすることが第一です。
  • 会話の中の感情的なニュアンス(たとえば不満や心配)を捉え、声のトーンを合わせます。「I'm glad to see the back of him」のようなフレーズは、軽い解放感を込めて発音しましょう。
  • 繰り返し練習することで、自然なスピードに慣れます。YouTubeで英語学習をする際は、同じシーンを何度も再生して、自分の発音と比較します。
  • shadowspeaksの技術を使う際は、一時停止を使わずに即座に追従することで、反応速度と発音の流れを鍛えます。

これらのコツを実践することで、英語スピーキング練習の効果が格段に上がります。継続的に取り組むことが大切です!

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現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係しているwe've known · has had · We've said
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てるhave been stuck · may be based · are written
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるpeople who were · people who are

シャドーイングとは?英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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